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Nuri-al-MalikiPrime Minister of Iraq Life in Politics Joined the Islamic Dawa Party in the 1960?s in opposition to Saddam Hussein Fled the country in 1979 avoiding a death sentence Continued to coordinate activities against Hussein while in exile Returned to Iraq in 2006 after Hussein was overthrown and was then elected the prime minister Political Career Leader of the Islamic Dawa Party Prime Minister of Iraq Helped plan the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and then was involved in nursing Iraq back to its originally ways Political ally of Barack Obama Israeli Relations with Iraq As one of the leaders of the Islamic Dawa Party, Maliki called to cut all ties with Israel No diplomatic relations between Israel and Iraq